Friends star Courteney Cox steps out with Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid

Posted on: December 19, 2013 18:17:06

It seems that Courteney Cox is expanding her circle of Friends, as the 90s sitcom icon has been spotted out with Snow Patrol member Johnny McDaid.

Ms Cox found fame as Monica Geller in the popular New York-set comedy series, in which her character married co-star Chandler Bing, though in real life she actually wed fellow actor David Arquette, after both had met on the set of the hit 1996 movie Scream.

The couple remained together for several years before amicably separating, and since then Courteney has been linked with a number of high-profile bachelors, though the Snow Patrol member is possibly the biggest yet.

Rumours have been swirling around, with Grazia magazine suggesting that the couple started dating two months ago, though only allegedly went public last week at a Christmas party that was thrown by Courteney’s close friend and Friends co-star Jennifer Aniston, who played Rachel Green.

Meanwhile, speaking to Yahoo!, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran claimed that he was responsible for introducing housemate Courteney and Johnny, with Ms Cox in turn introducing Ed to Jennifer, with whom he spent Thanksgiving.

Sheeran said: "My housemate, who I’ve lived with for a year, I introduced him to Courteney Cox and they started dating. They’re crazy about each other and I ended up spending a lot of time in her beach house and just bumped into a lot of random people."

The "random people" mentioned by Ed included husband and wife duo Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow - who were both guests at Jennifer’s party - though Ed has confessed he was asleep long before the party came to an end.

There is no official confirmation yet on whether Courteney will follow in the footsteps of her ex-husband David, who has settled down with a new partner, who is pregnant, though the media are certain to be keeping their Eyes Open to see whether the Snow Patrol member becomes a permanent fixture.